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I am always surprised when I hear how americans students learn "Algebra" in highschool. It makes me think that German schools are way behind. I mean algebra is
by imtringued 3y ago
I am always surprised when I hear how americans students learn "Algebra" in highschool. It makes me think that German schools are way behind. I mean algebra is about mathematical structures like Fields, Rings, Groups or even "Algebras" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra_over_a_field https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra_over_a_field).
- serialNumber 3y agoAre German schools behind? In North America, learning algebra means we learn to solve for x/y : solving quadratic equations is pretty much the ceiling for "algebra" and even that isn't taught until grade 8, usually grade 9.
- pxc 3y agoIn American schools we what we call 'algebra' is just doing basic symbolic computation, like solving very simple equations. The kind of algebra you're describing was called 'abstract algebra' at my university, and was an advanced pair of courses for math majors. The first semester covered group theory and the second semester covered ring theory.
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- Frannyies 3y agoIm really not sure how though. I'm from German too. We use algebra as the generic term for math more or less. I wouldn't have assumed algebra would only mean fields and rings. The Wikipedia article algebra also links to algebra over a field.
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